I use Hibernate Tools standalone via Ant to create and export the database.During the process to migrate from Hibernate 3.6 to Hibernate 4, I noticed that the existing Hibernate Tools is not compatible with Hibernate 4.My Question is: Will Hibernate Tools be upgraded to support Hibernate 4? Is there some expectation of when it will happen?

I have exactly the same problem as you and asked the same question some months ago to hibernate-developes.

The main responable for hiberante-tools seems to be Max Rydahl Andersen and what he anwered to me, in substance is: they have problems to keep a stable API/access for hibernate tools users in prospective that also hibernate 4.1 (5.0) will cause incompatibility again.

Furthermore he wrote to me:

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JBoss Tools M5 have an experimental version of the eclipse plugins that works against both 3.6 and 4.0.

But I don't know if JBoss Tools does include also the ant-task to create and export the database.

About time line, he telled me nothing (although I had asked 2 times)!So I fear that until hibernate 4.1 (5.0) will be released, there will no be any working version with Hibernate-Tools.